Spent a few hours this morning mothing at the lodge. The diversity of moths at REGUA is phenomenal and there are thousands of species, but with the exception of hawkmoths (Sphingidae) there has been very little fieldwork on moths carried out anywhere in South America and there is currently no field guide to the moths of Brazil. Identification is difficult and I haven't got a clue about the identity of any of them, even to family, so any help with identification would be greatly appreciated. There's still not been any more hawkmoths coming in to the moth light, but I guess the recent spell of cold wet weather hasn't helped.
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Birds in the lodge garden this morning included a male Rufous-tailed Jacamar visiting the moth wall, 1m Brazilian Tanager, Sayaca Tanager, 1m Burnished-buff Tanager attacking its reflection in the windows, 3 Blue Dacnis, Red-rumped Cacique and 2 Orange-winged Parrot over.
I'm about to start writing a REGUA butterfly checklist, similar to the bird checklist, and so I spent most of the rest of the day photographing butterflies around the wetland and on the Forest Trail (separate post to follow). Birding highlights throughout the day were 8+ Black-legged Dacnis (males, females and at least two immature males) feeding on fruiting trees around the wetland, along with 1 Red-legged Honeycreeper, 1 Blue Dacnis, c.8 Blue-winged Parrotlet, 1 Bananaquit, 1+ Snowy Egret, 6+ Guira Cuckoo and 1+ Chalk-browed Mockingbird - the later two open country species becoming increasing rare at the wetland now that the reforested areas are becoming more established. In the evening 1 Rufous-sided Crake showed well and both Russet-crowned and Ash-throated Crakes were heard calling.
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Pan-species listing tropics style! This insect looks superficially like a praying mantis
but is actually a mimic. I haven't a clue what it is though? |
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